294821 Mon Nov 10 20:06:40 -0800 2003 11 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 1618266 I want to make fuite jellies. After failing two times with the French Laundry recipe using fruit pectin (althugh it called for apple pectin which I didn't have any). I'm going to give Martha Stwert's recipe a try. Hers is calling for geletin and citric acid. I didn't know you can buy citric acid by itself. Where would I get some in the SF bay area? And is it useful for anything else? By the way, I'm convinced that the French Laundry recipe is either wrong or you HAVE to use apple pectin. I cooked and cooked my mixture but it just never sets up. Mon Nov 10 20:06:40 -0800 2003 0 Wendy Lai 1 1618267 It's also used in cheesemaking. I've gotten mine from www.cheesemaking.com. I've been told that it's available at drug stores but haven't looked for it. Mon Nov 10 20:10:39 -0800 2003 1618266 0 Chris VR 2 1618273 I found citric acid in my supermarket with the canning supplies, but I live in MI. I needed it to make some homemade applesauce. D. Mon Nov 10 21:00:58 -0800 2003 1618267 0 Donna - MI 1 1618275 There is a candy supply site called getsuckered.com that carries citric acid and malic acid. Both are used to add sourness to candy (among other things). Mon Nov 10 21:25:23 -0800 2003 1618266 0 sbp 1 1618276 You can buy food-grade citric acid at a wine-making (or beer-making) supply store. It is quite cheap. For example: Oak Barrel, in Berkeley (San Pablo Avenue) Beer, Beer, and More Beer, in Concord I'm sure there is such a store in your local area -- use the Yellow Pages. Mon Nov 10 21:39:49 -0800 2003 1618266 0 Joel Teller 1 1618295 Citric acid is a white crystalline substandce that is a key component in any number of Jewish recipes originating in eastern Europe - borshcht and prakas, to name a couple. It is sold under the name of "sour salt" in many supermarkets. Pat G. Tue Nov 11 06:16:01 -0800 2003 1618266 0 Pat Goldberg 1 1618320 I have seen citric acid at health food stores. And is it useful for anything else? Citric Acid is a preservative. Tue Nov 11 10:34:03 -0800 2003 1618266 0 Alan 2 1618368 As for other uses, my urologist has me drinking a potent, pucker-face inducing cocktail of concentrated lemon juice (for the citrates) and H20 to manage kidney stones. Maybe I'll check out the citric acid sans the juice for my regimen. Tue Nov 11 13:45:50 -0800 2003 1618320 0 Kevin N. 3 1618493 I've read that it can be used to lower cholesterol. You have to find the optimum dose for yourself and work up to it slowly, or you will end up doing some "bathroom time". Linus Pauling wrote a book about it. Women experiencing pregnancy related constipation can find relief using this VS laxatives. Wed Nov 12 12:11:59 -0800 2003 1618368 0 Sweet Pea 1 1618339 You can buy it very cheaply at many Indian grocery stores. Tue Nov 11 12:12:28 -0800 2003 1618266 0 Spade 1 1618360 For fruit pectin did you use Certo? It comes liquid and dry, also, be sure you are using enough sugar. On the cirtic acid issue, Fruit Fresh is a brand commonly found on grocery store shelves. Citric Acid is used to help maintain the color of fruit that oxidizes easily Tue Nov 11 13:19:04 -0800 2003 1618266 0 Candy 1 1618609 I bought a pound last week at Garrett's Ace Hdwr in Healdsburg for under $4. I wanted it for cheese, but they have a wine-making section. I'd agree with the brewery-supply suggestions. Clement/18th Ave in SF or wherever you might be. I 'feel' your pain because I spent hours myself looking on-line and locally before I found somewhere that I could find this thing that cost "pocket change." (It did work much better than lemon juice in my cheese.) Thu Nov 13 00:42:00 -0800 2003 1618266 0 SteveT